The Chinese on the art of painting : translations and comments / Sirén, Osvald 1879-1966

Includes bibliographical references and index. 

Introduction -- From the Han to the T'ang Dynasty -- The Sung Period. Landscapists and poet-painters ; Historians and theoreticians -- Ch'an Buddhism and its relation to painting -- The Yüan Period -- The Ming Period. Historical theories and methods of study ; Aesthetic principles and technical questions -- The Ch'ing Period. New individual departures ; Traditional principles reasserted -- Appendixes -- Index of Chinese names, terms and books.